Doctors strike at Lady Ridgeway Hospital
Doctors attached to the outpatients department of Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children (LRH) in Colombo are on a 24-hour token strike today (19).
Doctors attached to the outpatients department of Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children (LRH) in Colombo are on a 24-hour token strike today (19).
During a discussion with Tamil MPs representing the North and East yesterday (18), president Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized that he has already put forth a comprehensive proposal to address the problems faced by the people in those regions and it is up to the Tamil Parliamentarians whether to take it forward or not.
The United Peoples Party (UPP) led by public security minister Tiran Alles says mainstream parties are committing a grave crime by their silence on important issues that need to be discussed openly.
The loss of lives recently due to a shortage of medicines and equipment and inferior quality of those available coupled with medical negligence cannot be taken lightly, said opposition leader Sajith Premadasa.
Complaints have been lodged against the police over a use of force against Hindus involved in religious activities at Kurunthurmalai archaeology site in Mullaitivu.
Health minister Keheliya Rambukwella has appointed the six-member committee headed by Dr. Dedunu Dias and also comprising Prof. Priyadarshani Galappatti, Prof. Nithushi Samaranayake, Prof. S.S.P. Warnakulasuriya, Dr. Senith Liyanage and Dr. Philip H. Lee.
The government has been accused by the Centre for Environment and Nature Studies (CENS) of causing massive environmental destruction through its national physical plan 2011-2048.
Receiving an estimated electricity bill for the annual Esala Pageant is a normal procedure, said Diyawadana Nilame of Sri Dalada Maligawa Nilanga Dela Bandara.
The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) will be deserted by some of its members, but its voters will never desert the party, said its general secretary, attorney-at-law Sagara Kariyawasam.
The India-Sri Lanka Joint Committee established under MOU on Passenger Transportation by Sea held a virtual meeting on July 14 where discussions focused on the resumption of ferry services between the two countries connecting mutually agreed points.